Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-20
WOMEN WORKERS.
The Great Host OF Female rollers h"''
'"' ployed In Various Pursuits.

r,. Great Host OF Female Toiiers E"i'
'"e Moved In Various Pursuits.
The last census revealed the fact that
there are in the United States 2'o4hooo
women breae-winners. or, as the census
toblcs mt it. .women pursuing gainfui
occunations. y that is, working for wages
Or necuniary compensation by the day,
week. month or year. This great army
has representatives in every variety OF
labor In the fields as agricultural Ia
borers they number 594,5lo, the major
itv of these being employed in the South
in cotton fields and on rice, cane corn
and tobacco plantations; but IN the
North over so, 900 women are registered
az laborers on farms and in gardens,
and in Bookkeeping, dairying, fruit ana
berry raising. and in vineyards ana
bopyards. Besides these they are more
than GO. 900 women working in the South
as day laborers in 'cotton-tactorles' sor-
obnm-mills, tobacco curing and manu-
featuring establishments, and IN stores
and warehouses where heavy manual
labor. out doors and in, is required.
After this great host of day laborers
come the laundresses. more than loo.-
600 strong; domestic servants. nearly
.OOO. 600; cotton, silk and wooden mill
operatiyes, 1852, 700; women in boot and
shoe factories, more than q, 900; clerks,
saleswomen, and accountants, 33,OO0;
and then $4,000 dressmakers and
milliners, many of whom are probably
plain sewing-women.
In almost every branch of manufact-
uring women are largely employed.
They work by the thousand in agricul-
tural implement shops, in bookbinderles'
in printing offices. as carpetmakers,
cigarmakcrs, clock and watch makers.
glovemakers, harnessmakers, gold and
silver workers, hat and cap makers,
strawworkers, and restaurant keep
ers. In immense numbers they are EN-
ploved at the sewing-machine and as
shirt, cuff and collar makers, and by
the thousand they work in telegraph
and telephone Offices.
Women are acting. according to the
census as oystermen, fishermen, gun
and lock smiths. canal boatmen, paper
hangers, miners and iron and steel
workers. They are commercial travel
ers, book-agents, brokers, bankers, rail-
way officials, packers, manufacturers
and officials of manufacturing compa-
MES. Theye are more than 14,000
women commercial dealers and traders,
$4,000 nurses, $4,000 clearinghouse
keepers, and more than 1000 hotel
keepers. Women are acting as archi-
tects, chemists, assayers, dentists, de-
signers, draughtsmen and inventors.
One thousand six hundred and fifteen
are engaged as employees in charitable
institutions; there are few hundred
women working as professional jour-
nalists and as authors, 1000 and more
are artists and teachers of art, more
than 1900 are actresses, and $4,000 are
musicians and teachers of music. Five
thousand one hundred and ninety-four
| WoLieH uie oo'elHHioh1 oioi No, anu
ZIP are officers of the Government.
There are more than 1900 women phys
icians and surgeons, seventy-fve law
yers, and 1865 ministers of religion, PIG
stock-rasers and 56,S09 free and indie
dependent farmers aud planters. The
census reports Gall of these figures are
| taken from the census tables of 1S80)
l54, women teachers-a great host
representing an immense amount of the
highest and most beneficent work. =
Chicago Tribune.